http://www.alliancealert.org news from the frontlines of the culture war Thu, 24 May 2012 23:12:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/24/us-says-human-rights-deteriorating-in-china-vietnam/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/24/us-says-human-rights-deteriorating-in-china-vietnam/#comments Thu, 24 May 2012 16:16:08 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=134569 AP reports. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/24/us-says-human-rights-deteriorating-in-china-vietnam/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/23/awr-hawkins-aborted-child-born-alive-and-left-to-die/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/23/awr-hawkins-aborted-child-born-alive-and-left-to-die/#comments Wed, 23 May 2012 19:39:22 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=134494 Townhall: For as an Illinois state senator, Obama “voted four times against legislation to protect and care for infants accidentally born alive during late-term abortions.” ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/23/awr-hawkins-aborted-child-born-alive-and-left-to-die/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/16/misdiagnosed-vietnam-baby-survives-abortion-but-dies-soon-after/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/16/misdiagnosed-vietnam-baby-survives-abortion-but-dies-soon-after/#comments Wed, 16 May 2012 21:15:58 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=133885 ThanhnienNews.com: A baby that was aborted in a central Vietnam clinic Sunday after her parents were convinced by erroneous scans that she had congenital abnormalities survived the abortion but died later because she was too weak. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/16/misdiagnosed-vietnam-baby-survives-abortion-but-dies-soon-after/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/08/vietnam-jails-2-catholics-for-anti-government-propaganda/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/08/vietnam-jails-2-catholics-for-anti-government-propaganda/#comments Thu, 08 Mar 2012 15:18:41 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=127983 AP: Two Catholics have been convicted of spreading anti-government propaganda and sentenced to prison in Vietnam, where local church officials and the ruling Communist Party have had an uneasy relationship for years. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/08/vietnam-jails-2-catholics-for-anti-government-propaganda/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/07/vietnamese-officials-seize-more-catholic-parish-land/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/07/vietnamese-officials-seize-more-catholic-parish-land/#comments Wed, 07 Mar 2012 19:39:11 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=127926 Catholic Culture: Vietnamese authorities have again seized land from a Redemptorist community near Hanoi. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/07/vietnamese-officials-seize-more-catholic-parish-land/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/21/hanoi-gang-attack-on-protestants-sewage-plant-on-church-owned-land/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/21/hanoi-gang-attack-on-protestants-sewage-plant-on-church-owned-land/#comments Mon, 21 Nov 2011 13:36:02 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=119141 Catholic Culture: A gang of men attacked an unregistered Baptist prayer meeting near Hanoi on November 13, smashing a cross and beating the pastor to the point of unconsciousness. Collaboration between the gang and local police is suspected. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/21/hanoi-gang-attack-on-protestants-sewage-plant-on-church-owned-land/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/09/22/religious-persecutors-list-incomplete/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/09/22/religious-persecutors-list-incomplete/#comments Thu, 22 Sep 2011 13:30:12 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=114308 OneNewsNow.com: The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) welcomes the Obama administration's release of the Annual Report on International Religious Freedom, and the Commission is urging the U.S. government to increase action to promote freedom of religion or belief. Burma, Eritrea, China, Iran, North Korea, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, and Uzbekistan are eight "countries of particular concern," but USCIRF spokesperson Elizabeth Cassidy says her group thinks the list is incomplete . . . ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/09/22/religious-persecutors-list-incomplete/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/06/10/another-vietnamese-catholic-human-rights-advocate-on-trial/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/06/10/another-vietnamese-catholic-human-rights-advocate-on-trial/#comments Fri, 10 Jun 2011 11:31:57 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=106021 Asia News: Peter Pham Minh Hoang, professor at the University of Ho Chi Minh City is accused of activities aimed at overthrowing the government and of joining a democracy group. His arrest has caused concern and protests worldwide. Fears that the sentence has been decided before the start of the trial. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/06/10/another-vietnamese-catholic-human-rights-advocate-on-trial/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/04/29/uscirf-identifies-worlds-worst-religious-freedom-violators-egypt-cited-for-first-time/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/04/29/uscirf-identifies-worlds-worst-religious-freedom-violators-egypt-cited-for-first-time/#comments Fri, 29 Apr 2011 21:27:51 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=102403 The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) today released its 2011 Annual Report and recommended that the Secretary of State name the following nations “countries of particular concern” or CPCs: Burma, China, Egypt, Eritrea, Iran, Iraq, Nigeria, North Korea, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, and Vietnam. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/04/29/uscirf-identifies-worlds-worst-religious-freedom-violators-egypt-cited-for-first-time/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/04/29/vietnam-arrests-pastor-of-banned-mennonite-church/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/04/29/vietnam-arrests-pastor-of-banned-mennonite-church/#comments Fri, 29 Apr 2011 17:29:45 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=102357 AP: Vietnamese authorities have arrested the pastor of an outlawed Mennonite church for allegedly sowing division between the government and citizens of this communist nation, state media reported Friday. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/04/29/vietnam-arrests-pastor-of-banned-mennonite-church/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/03/31/vietnam-steps-up-repression-of-christian-group/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/03/31/vietnam-steps-up-repression-of-christian-group/#comments Thu, 31 Mar 2011 18:04:16 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=99736 StraitsTimes.com: Vietnam has stepped up its repression of an indigenous Christian minority, forcing hundreds to renounce their religion, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on Thursday. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/03/31/vietnam-steps-up-repression-of-christian-group/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/02/10/king-use-vietnam-tactics-to-defund-obamacare/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/02/10/king-use-vietnam-tactics-to-defund-obamacare/#comments Thu, 10 Feb 2011 16:26:47 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=95122 Newsmax: We should follow the model of the appropriations bill that shut off the funding for the Vietnam War," King said at a town hall meeting in Washington, D.C. Tuesday night. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/02/10/king-use-vietnam-tactics-to-defund-obamacare/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/01/25/vietnam-accused-of-widespread-human-rights-abuses/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/01/25/vietnam-accused-of-widespread-human-rights-abuses/#comments Tue, 25 Jan 2011 23:10:01 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=93413 Washington Post / On Faith: "Human Rights Watch is calling on the United States to return Vietnam to a list of the world's worst abusers of religious freedom, accusing it of continuously harassing some groups trying to worship peacefully." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/01/25/vietnam-accused-of-widespread-human-rights-abuses/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/01/17/as-vietnam-booms-communist-party-struggles-to-keep-up/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/01/17/as-vietnam-booms-communist-party-struggles-to-keep-up/#comments Mon, 17 Jan 2011 21:46:55 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=91831 Reuters: "Vietnam's ruling Communists are replenishing their aging ranks with younger, better-educated policymakers and entrepreneurs as the 81-year-old party founded by Marxist revolutionary Ho Chi Minh struggles to stay relevant." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/01/17/as-vietnam-booms-communist-party-struggles-to-keep-up/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/01/10/lost-religious-liberty-around-the-world/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/01/10/lost-religious-liberty-around-the-world/#comments Mon, 10 Jan 2011 21:05:31 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=90661 writing at The Center for Vision & Values: "There is more than enough bad news to fill the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom’s latest annual report. Worst of all were the conditions in 13 'countries of particular concern.'" ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/01/10/lost-religious-liberty-around-the-world/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/01/06/u-s-protests-treatment-of-diplomat-in-vietnam/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/01/06/u-s-protests-treatment-of-diplomat-in-vietnam/#comments Thu, 06 Jan 2011 18:22:07 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=90200 Wall Street Journal: "The U.S. government Thursday said it has strongly protested Vietnam's treatment of a U.S. diplomat who was detained and wrestled to the ground while attempting to visit a dissident Roman Catholic priest—a development that could further inflame concerns in the U.S. about the Southeast Asian nation's human rights record." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/01/06/u-s-protests-treatment-of-diplomat-in-vietnam/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/14/vietnam-officials-beat-pastor-bulldoze-bible-school/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/14/vietnam-officials-beat-pastor-bulldoze-bible-school/#comments Tue, 14 Dec 2010 22:32:22 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=86609 Christian Post: "A Protestant pastor and human rights activist in Vietnam was beaten unconscious Tuesday morning by Ho Chi Minh City officials. His Bible school, located in the city's District 2, was also bulldozed, according to Release International, which serves the persecuted church around the world." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/14/vietnam-officials-beat-pastor-bulldoze-bible-school/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/13/abortion-causing-huge-gender-imbalance-in-vietnam-un-admits/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/13/abortion-causing-huge-gender-imbalance-in-vietnam-un-admits/#comments Mon, 13 Dec 2010 22:13:27 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=86248 LifeSiteNews: "After decades of involvement in coercive population control measures, including abortion, contraception, and sterilization of women, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) is admitting that policies it has championed are causing a serious imbalance in the ratio of male to female births in Vietnam." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/13/abortion-causing-huge-gender-imbalance-in-vietnam-un-admits/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/29/congressman-criticizes-conviction-of-six-catholics-in-vietnam-as-sham-court/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/29/congressman-criticizes-conviction-of-six-catholics-in-vietnam-as-sham-court/#comments Fri, 29 Oct 2010 18:07:39 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=79323 Catholic News Agency: "After being arrested in a clash with police in a church-state property dispute, six Catholic villagers in Vietnam were convicted in a quick trial on Wednesday. One U.S. congressman criticized the proceeding as a 'sham court,' noting the defendants’ lack of a lawyer." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/29/congressman-criticizes-conviction-of-six-catholics-in-vietnam-as-sham-court/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/08/18/us-lawmakers-urge-obama-to-put-vietnam-back-on-religious-freedoms-blacklist/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/08/18/us-lawmakers-urge-obama-to-put-vietnam-back-on-religious-freedoms-blacklist/#comments Wed, 18 Aug 2010 22:04:25 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=69331 Canadian Press: "Republican lawmakers and activists on Wednesday called on the Obama administration to put Vietnam back on a U.S. religious freedoms blacklist. Reps. Frank Wolf and Chris Smith also said at a hearing that the U.S. State Department should avoid deepening ties with the economically vibrant Southeast Asian nation until human rights improve." | Chris Smith: Investigate and Hold to Account Those Responsible for Murder and Other Human Rights Abuses of Catholics in Con Dau ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/08/18/us-lawmakers-urge-obama-to-put-vietnam-back-on-religious-freedoms-blacklist/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/07/07/vietnam-a-con-dau-catholic-dies-shortly-after-being-released-by-police/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/07/07/vietnam-a-con-dau-catholic-dies-shortly-after-being-released-by-police/#comments Wed, 07 Jul 2010 23:26:31 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/07/07/vietnam-a-con-dau-catholic-dies-shortly-after-being-released-by-police/ Asia News: "Nam Nguyen, a Catholic from Con Dau parish, in the Diocese of Da Nang died last Saturday, just hours after being released by police. The man, already in recent months, had been arrested, beaten and threatened by agents, following protests from residents over the closure of the cemetery of the parish and the announced destruction of their homes to build a tourist centre." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/07/07/vietnam-a-con-dau-catholic-dies-shortly-after-being-released-by-police/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/05/27/vietnam-murdered-christians-widow-could-lose-her-children/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/05/27/vietnam-murdered-christians-widow-could-lose-her-children/#comments Thu, 27 May 2010 16:27:54 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=61726 ASSIST News Service: "The widow of a Vietnamese Christian who was brutally tortured and murdered may be in danger of losing her children to the state . . . In an updated media release from ICC, new information states that on May 3, 2010, his widow, H’Nguen, was forced to take her two children, H’Danh and Y-Ly, to the Nhan Hoa Police Station and told she must sign documents giving custody to the government." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/05/27/vietnam-murdered-christians-widow-could-lose-her-children/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/03/31/vietnam-releases-christian-prisoner-allows-u-s-evangelist-to-address-pastors/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/03/31/vietnam-releases-christian-prisoner-allows-u-s-evangelist-to-address-pastors/#comments Wed, 31 Mar 2010 23:16:17 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/wordpress/?p=57093 Charisma: "A Protestant prisoner of conscience who had called for democratic freedoms in Vietnam was released earlier this month after serving a three-year sentence for 'propagandizing to destroy the Socialist Republic of Vietnam' . . . While Christians in several parts of Vietnam are still subject to abuse from local officials, the country's national authorities have continued to allow high-profile Christian events." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/03/31/vietnam-releases-christian-prisoner-allows-u-s-evangelist-to-address-pastors/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/02/02/vietnamese-catholics-call-for-end-to-government-crack-down/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/02/02/vietnamese-catholics-call-for-end-to-government-crack-down/#comments Tue, 02 Feb 2010 20:52:15 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/wordpress/?p=50639 Catholic News Agency: "A Vietnamese priest has condemned the recent government attacks on Dong Chiem parishioners in the Archdiocese of Hanoi and has called for the removal of police forces in the area and for an 'end of the besiegement.'" ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/02/02/vietnamese-catholics-call-for-end-to-government-crack-down/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/01/19/forced-recantations-of-faith-continue-in-vietnam/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/01/19/forced-recantations-of-faith-continue-in-vietnam/#comments Tue, 19 Jan 2010 20:41:30 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/wordpress/?p=48905 Christian Post: "A Vietnamese man violently forced to recant his fledgling Christian faith faces pressure from authorities and clansmen to prove his return to traditional Hmong belief by sacrificing to ancestors next month." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/01/19/forced-recantations-of-faith-continue-in-vietnam/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/12/30/hanoi-human-rights-crackdown/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/12/30/hanoi-human-rights-crackdown/#comments Wed, 30 Dec 2009 22:21:56 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=46687 Wall Street Journal: "A Hanoi court on Monday convicted former army officer Tran Anh Kim of 'carrying out activities aimed at overthrowing the people's administration' and sentenced him to five-and-a-half years in prison. His 'crime' was to post pro-democracy articles on his Web site. The presiding judge dubbed this a 'violation of national security' under Article 79 of the penal code." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/12/30/hanoi-human-rights-crackdown/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/10/21/human-rights-activists-slam-vietnam-over-religious-persecution/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/10/21/human-rights-activists-slam-vietnam-over-religious-persecution/#comments Wed, 21 Oct 2009 21:44:15 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=39778 Houston Chronicle: "Human rights activists are criticizing Vietnam for expelling followers of a renowned Buddhist monk from a monastery, calling it part of a pattern of religious persecution by the Communist government." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/10/21/human-rights-activists-slam-vietnam-over-religious-persecution/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/09/14/vietnam-birth-trend-may-fuel-sex-work-trafficking-un/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/09/14/vietnam-birth-trend-may-fuel-sex-work-trafficking-un/#comments Mon, 14 Sep 2009 18:40:02 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=35986 Reuters: "The ratio of boys born in Vietnam compared with girls has grown at an unusually rapid pace in recent years and could lead to a rise in sex work and trafficking, the United Nations said." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/09/14/vietnam-birth-trend-may-fuel-sex-work-trafficking-un/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/08/17/tens-of-thousdands-of-vietnamese-catholics-rally-for-religious-freedom/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/08/17/tens-of-thousdands-of-vietnamese-catholics-rally-for-religious-freedom/#comments Mon, 17 Aug 2009 21:13:01 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=33360 CWNews: "Hundreds of thousands of Vietnamese Catholics in the Vinh diocese celebrated the feast of the Assumption on August 15 by marching in a rally with banners invoking the protection of the Virgin Mary and demanding the end to government persecutions. Meanwhile in Hanoi thousands of other Catholics organized their own protest against the conversion of property that was owned by the Church, and confiscated by the government, into a state park . . . " ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/08/17/tens-of-thousdands-of-vietnamese-catholics-rally-for-religious-freedom/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/08/07/vietnamese-govt-blocking-catholic-websites/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/08/07/vietnamese-govt-blocking-catholic-websites/#comments Fri, 07 Aug 2009 16:28:35 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=32416 Catholic World News: "Catholic internet sites that have given prominent coverage to a Vietnamese government campaign against the Catholic Church-- including CWN-- are being blocked by government censors." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/08/07/vietnamese-govt-blocking-catholic-websites/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/07/21/vietnamese-police-beat-hundreds-of-catholics-seeking-to-restore-parish/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/07/21/vietnamese-police-beat-hundreds-of-catholics-seeking-to-restore-parish/#comments Tue, 21 Jul 2009 18:41:11 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=30716 Catholic News Agency: "On Monday morning Vietnamese police in the Diocese of Vinh brutally beat hundreds of Catholics who were erecting a cross and building an altar on the ground of a church that collapsed during the Vietnam War. Dozens of Catholics were arrested in the clash." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/07/21/vietnamese-police-beat-hundreds-of-catholics-seeking-to-restore-parish/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/07/17/vietnamese-catholics-heavily-fined-under-revived-two-child-policy/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/07/17/vietnamese-catholics-heavily-fined-under-revived-two-child-policy/#comments Fri, 17 Jul 2009 21:10:57 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=30447 LifeSiteNews: "The communist government of Viet Nam is punishing couples with more than two children, a local Catholic news agency reports. Catholic villagers in Thua Thien-Hue province told the Union of Catholic Asian News they are being fined for having more than two children under a revived government two-child policy." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/07/17/vietnamese-catholics-heavily-fined-under-revived-two-child-policy/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/07/02/vietnam-sees-alarming-rise-in-boy-births-vs-girls/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/07/02/vietnam-sees-alarming-rise-in-boy-births-vs-girls/#comments Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:01:56 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=29014 AP: "For every 100 girls born to Vietnamese families, there are 112 boys born, a disparity in the sex ratio that has been rapidly increasing in recent years, an official said Thursday." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/07/02/vietnam-sees-alarming-rise-in-boy-births-vs-girls/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/06/05/globalizations-ugly-side-sex-slavery/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/06/05/globalizations-ugly-side-sex-slavery/#comments Fri, 05 Jun 2009 16:42:40 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=26145 reports in the Mercury News: "A half-million young women are trafficked each year around the world, according to the U.S. State Department. In Vietnam, the government recently reported that last year there were 6,684 victims of trafficking, with 2,579 returned to their homes. It also said there were 21,038 people reported missing who could have been sold into prostitution." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/06/05/globalizations-ugly-side-sex-slavery/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/04/23/religious-freedom-breakthrough-massive-christian-celebration-allowed-in-vietnam/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/04/23/religious-freedom-breakthrough-massive-christian-celebration-allowed-in-vietnam/#comments Thu, 23 Apr 2009 23:01:20 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=22183 Compass Direct News: "In what religious freedom advocates regarded as a breakthrough in Vietnam, authorities granted rare permission to unregistered house church groups to hold a large, public Easter-related service here last night." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/04/23/religious-freedom-breakthrough-massive-christian-celebration-allowed-in-vietnam/feed/ 0